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The Public Eye Magazine - Fall 2005 - Vol. 19, No. 2

To judge by the amount of media attention, the campus Right had a good year. Or
a good two years.

Students staged a Capture an Illegal Immigrant Day, published increasing numbers of campus newspapers
with decidedly right-wing editorial policies, and lobbied for a Student Academic
Bill of Rights on multiple campuses and in several state legislatures to bring
attention to what they saw as silenced conservative voices on campus.Read more…

Toward a Dialogue with George LakoffBy William A. Gamson and Charlotte Ryan

Since last November’s election, George Lakoff's book, Don't Think of an
Elephant!, has deservedly captured the imagination of mainstream Democrats
and of many progressives as well. He offers
us the promise that we can achieve our political vision if only we spent a little more time
framing” our messages to appeal to mainstream America.

But we shouldn't get so excited about Lakoff's contribution that we overlook
some deafening silences or, to switch metaphors in midstream, some glaring
blind spots in his way of framing American politics.Read more…

Fighting the Far Right With ResearchBy Abby Scher
People wondered who was tucking neo-Nazi literature in their corner of Montana
paradise. Everybody was talking. Some people started organizing.Read more…

Also in this issue:

Guest CommentaryBy Teresa Odendahl
Philanthropic Patriot Games:
How the U.S. Government Targets Charities in its War on Terror